Science Fiction is a Jazz album by Ornette Coleman, originally released in 1972. On Gatefold: 27 pressings tracked.
Sound DNA
- Jazz
- Avant-Garde & Free Jazz
- raw
- chaotic
- cerebral
About
Ornette Coleman's first album for Columbia followed a stint on Blue Note that found the altoist in something of a holding pattern. Science Fiction was his creative rebirth, a stunningly inventive and appropriately alien-sounding blast of manic energy. Coleman pulls out all the stops, working with a variety of different lineups and cramming the record full of fresh ideas and memorable themes. Bassist Charlie Haden and drummers Billy Higgins and/or Ed Blackwell are absolutely indispensable to the overall effect, playing with a frightening, whirlwind intensity throughout. The catchiest numbers — including two songs with Indian vocalist Asha Puthli, which sound .
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Tracklist
- 1What Reason Could I Give3:05
- 2Civilization Day6:04
- 3Street Woman4:49
- 4Science Fiction5:00
- 5Rock the Clock3:15
- 6All My Life3:54
- 7Law Years5:20
- 8The Jungle Is a Skyscraper5:25
- 9School Work5:34
- 10Country Town Blues6:23
- 11Street Woman (Alternate Take)5:44
- 12Civilization Day (Alternate Take)6:04
- 2.1Happy House9:45
- 2.2Elizabeth10:24
- 2.3Written Word (Previously Unreleased)9:42
- 2.4Broken Shadows6:40
- 2.5Rubber Gloves3:21
- 2.6Good Girl Blues3:02
- 2.7Is It Forever4:49
Credits
Performers
- Ornette ColemanALTO SAXOPHONE TRUMPET VIOLIN
- Charlie HadenBASS DOUBLE BASS
- Billy HigginsDRUMS
- Ed BlackwellDRUMS
- Dewey RedmanTENOR SAXOPHONE
- Carmine FornarottoTRUMPET
- Gerard SchwarzTRUMPET
- Asha PuthliVOCALS
- Don CherryTRUMPET
- Bobby BradfordTRUMPET
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 27 pressings tracked on Gatefold